Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... cities except Atlanta , it has become an area intensely dependent on manufacturing , with many plants located in small towns . The rural population grew by about a fifth here from 1940 to 1970 , despite the reclassification of much ...
... cities except Atlanta , it has become an area intensely dependent on manufacturing , with many plants located in small towns . The rural population grew by about a fifth here from 1940 to 1970 , despite the reclassification of much ...
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... cities for work or for trade and services , even when the city in question is a nonmetropolitan place rather than a ... cities and towns . RURAL FERTILITY . Throughout American history birth rates have been higher in rural areas than in ...
... cities for work or for trade and services , even when the city in question is a nonmetropolitan place rather than a ... cities and towns . RURAL FERTILITY . Throughout American history birth rates have been higher in rural areas than in ...
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... cities to those of more sparsely settled areas " ( p . 51 ) . Rural people , both blacks and whites , scored higher on this Index of Well - Being than city people ( pp . 52-53 ) . A substantial relationship was also found between level ...
... cities to those of more sparsely settled areas " ( p . 51 ) . Rural people , both blacks and whites , scored higher on this Index of Well - Being than city people ( pp . 52-53 ) . A substantial relationship was also found between level ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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